Diogenes' Lamp
Please join hosts Tom, Basil, and other friends of the pod, navigate Hellenic history, culture and other niche and forgotten historical events, all while being constantly reminded of the depravity, uprightness, and incompetence of men. Good laughs are always welcome.
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Episodes
52 episodes
Ep. 35: Bella Ciao, & the End of Italian Rule in Greece
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, and take one last look at the Spaghetti Eaters, the Makaronades...the Italians. We'll cover what the Italian occupation looked like on the ground, how their surrend...
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Ep. 34: A Dead Welshman, Operation Animals, & the Cairo Delegation
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, Myers and the SOE do their best to stop the Ahndartes from killing each other and to focus their energies on the occupiers, and a botched trip to Cairo shows the di...
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Guest Speaker Series Ep.17: From Epirus to Mani: The Politics & Realities of Self Preservation & Collaboration in the Civil War
Hey everyoneFor Todays episode, I was able to get onto the pod, Dr. Spyros Tsoutsoumpis who is a professor at the University of Manchester, and an author of several articles and books on the Greek civil war. Dr. TsouTs...
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Episode 50
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Ep. 33: More Turning Points: Zervas, ELAS, and the Security Battalions
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, we'll continue the doomed march towards the first round of the civil war, touch base with those bloody Britts in London and in the SOE, and get an introduction to the new quisling Prime Minister and the S...
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Ep. 32: Turning Points: Zervas, ELAS, and the SOE
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, we'll touch on several important events that will change the trajectory and momentum, not just for the AHndartes, but for the Axis powers and the SOE as well.Enjoy!Sources:Red Acropol...
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Episode 32
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 16: European Civil War in the 20th Century
Hello Everyone! For today's episode I was able to get onto the pod, once again, Dr. Dale Pappas. This episode is going to serve as a way to help the listeners who listen to the historical segment, kind of get back into the groove of...
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Episode 47
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 15: Where Greece is Mentioned in the Epstein Files
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring back onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Me...
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Episode 46
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 14: Reflecting on the Imia Crisis with Polity21
Konstantino’s Article The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation:
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Episode 45
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 13: The Ethnic Politics of Soccer in the Land Down Under
Hey everyone! For today’s episode, from all the way down under, I was able to get on the pod Terry Stravridis. Terry, is a Greek-Australian & Historian, who has published & written on A LOT of topics that we cover on the pod. He's publi...
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Ep. 31: Into the Frying Pan: Midas 6i4, & the Prequel to Harling
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, Dustin (From NoneTaken Podcast) and I, will take a look at another operation, that while doesn't have nearly as much notoriety as Operation Harling, was still nonetheless important enough (I thought anywa...
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Ep. 30: The SOE, The Foreign Office, & The Ahndartiko
Hey Everyone!On today's Dustin episode, Dustin and I will drill down a bit on factors that helped accelerate the growth of the Ahndartiko going into 1943, and we will also follow the drama unfolding between competing interpretations of p...
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Ep. 29: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 2
Hey Everyone!Today we'll continue to follow the movements and challenges that SOE Operatives and Ahndartes will face on their way to accomplishing their final and most important objective: destroying Gorgopotamos BridgeEnjoy!<...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 12: Polytheism, Hellenism, & the Diaspora
Hey EveryoneFor today’s episode I had on the pod Angelo from Hearth of Hellenism, and we talked about Polytheism, specifically speaking we talked about worshiping the Ancient Greek Gods. Random conversation I know…but this is some...
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Episode 40
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Ep. 28: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 1
Hey Everyone!On todays episode we are going to revisit our friends in the SOE, who are hard at work trying to get the guerilla groups of the left right and center on the same page. Additionally, we will introduce ourselves to the team th...
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Ep. 27: Getting to Know Aris Velouchiotis & Napoleon Zervas
Hey Everyone!On todays episode we will get a closer look at the lives of TWO people who are a big part of our story going forward. Thanasis Kalaras, (AKA Aris Velouchiotis) and Napoleon Zervas. They are both controversial figures in thei...
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Episode 27
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Ep. 26: Introducing the Andartiko Alphabet Soup: EAM, ELAS EDES, & Others
Hey Everyone!Today we (our guest co-host Dustin, and myself included) will get a brief introduction to the alphabet soup of acronyms that is the Greek Guerilla Resistance movement, or also known as, the Andartiko. This is meant just as a...
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Ep. 25: SOE, MI6, & The British
Good Morning!Today, Dustin from NoneTaken Podcast and myself will look into British Foreign Policy towards Greece, the role of British secret intelligence services in the organization of Greek resistance bands, and what the British endga...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 11: Revisiting & Reflecting on the "Big NO"
Hello Everyone! Long Live the No! Happy Ohi Day!For today's episode we have once again Dr. Dale Pappas, and we had a frank conversation about how the events leading up to and including the big NO are remembered by the Hellenic Nation. We...
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Episode 35
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Ep. 24: Cats, Commies & Castor Oil - The Communist Party of Greece
Good Morning Comrades!Today, (with our special guest Dustin, from NoneTaken podcast!) we will be getting properly acquainted with a group of people we have heard so much about, but not formerly met: The Communists. This faction within th...
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Episode 34
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 10: What's a Venizelist?
Hey everyone,For today’s episode,Ii had on the Pod, someone who has been on here almost half a dozen times now, Dr. Dale Pappas. If you’ve been following the Greek Civil War segment that we’ve had running, you’ve seen for yourself ...
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Episode 32
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Ep. 23: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 6
Hello Fellow Revolutionaries!Today we'll be continuing through the drama that was the "Trial of the 6", which will then culminate with the "Execution of the 6", and will then be followed by the Second Hellenic Republic. We'll also get a ...
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Episode 31
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Ep. 22: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 5
Hello Comrades!Following the loss of the Venizelists in the elections, the Royalists are back in power, and the King has returned from exile! We'll cover everything from some of the political maneuverings of Venizelos, the diplomatic qua...
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Ep. 21: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 4
Hey everyone!Today we get into the state of affairs immediately following Alexanders death, what that meant for the Asia Minor Campaign, the political tit for tat between Venizelists and anti-Venizelists and the consequences of the elect...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 9: Libya, Greece & Gas: More Than Just Lines in The Sea
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediter...
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Episode 29
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Ep. 20: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 3
Sup Plebs!Today were going to learn a lot more about someone we've heard so much about: King Alexander I. Well also get a bit into the Asia Minor Campaign, Venizelos being in charge after the Noemvriana, and why its a bad idea to allow d...
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Episode 28
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